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WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would like to clarify the classes of aliens affected by the 90-day temporary pause on travel, with case-by-base exceptions and waivers, as outlined in the President’s Executive Order entitled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.” To ensure...

By Kristy Siegfried IRIN Post-Brexit and post-Donald Trump’s election, it’s hard to argue with the notion that we’re now living in a “post-truth” era in which objective facts often hold less weight than emotional appeals and “fake news” when it comes to shaping public opinion. Nowhere have post-truths gained more currency...

By Kristy Siegfried and Tom Westcott Kristy is IRIN Migration Editor. Tom is a freelance journalist based in Libya and a regular IRIN contributor “I was very scared in the sea. The boat was overcrowded. I could barely move. I was afraid of dying, but even more afraid of being caught by...

At 5am on 6 January 2016 Border Force officers at the UK inward tourist controls at the Channel Tunnel in Coquelles, France stopped a British-registered car containing 2 men and a woman. Enquiries by Border Force found the vehicle’s driver, Ana-Maria Roman, and the other passenger, Skender Amati, had left...

By Alan Ali MRN Thanks to the valiant efforts of a journalist and his smart use of the Freedom of Information Act, we now know that there were almost 11 immigration raids a day in London between 2010 and 2015. We also know that areas with sizeable migrant populations in...

Staff at an immigration removal centre were “not adequately trained”, an independent report has found. Yarl’s Wood in Bedfordshire holds more than 350 detainees, most of them women, awaiting immigration status decisions. The centre is run by Serco under a Home Office contract, while health services are run by G4S...

More than 16,000 tipoffs from members of the public directly led to the arrests of 756 people last autumn as ministers tried to create a “really hostile environment for illegal immigrants” in Britain, according to official figures. The Home Office admitted to MPs that the 16,000 “pieces of information” from...

By NIKOLAJ NIELSEN AND ESZTER ZALAN STRASBOURG, BRUSSELS, TODAY, 22:48 MEPs have stopped work on plans to give Turks visa-free access to the EU’s Schengen zone, putting a wider migrant deal in doubt. Group leaders in the European Parliament’s “conference of presidents” quietly suspended work on the file last Wednesday....

On 15 October 2015, the government commissioned the MAC to review whether there is a shortage of nurses or specific nursing job titles which would be sensible to fill through non-EEA migration. Nurses were placed on the shortage occupation list on a temporary basis pending the MAC’s review of the...

The French government’s plan to clear part of the Calais migrant camp known as the “Jungle” has been approved by a court in Lille. Authorities say around 1,000 migrants will be affected by the eviction plan for the southern part of the camp. Aid agencies say the number of people...

New figures showing net migration to the UK remains near record levels have sparked a row between the two sides in the EU referendum debate. The difference between the number of people leaving and arriving was 323,000 in the year to September. David Cameron said the figure was “still too...

Imagine if we Vote Leave…our small and medium-sized businesses could focus on creating jobs and driving the economy rather than complying with burdensome EU regulation Day by day the Prime Minister’s renegotiation appears weaker and weaker. Before the election he promised ‘fundamental change’ in our relationship with the EU and...

Today’s publication of the draft UK/EU deal confirms that the Prime Minister’s renegotiation will not address the problems which people see in the EU. The British public want to take back control and end the supremacy of EU law over our borders, economy and democracy. Nothing in today’s announcement...

On the eve of a major world conference on the Syria crisis, the British people will get the chance to play their part in transforming the lives of children caught up in the conflict, International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced today. With world leaders gathering in London for the Supporting...

MSPs have hit out at the Westminster government’s Immigration Bill during a Holyrood debate. French-born SNP MSP Christian Allard led a debate “condemning” the bill, saying he was “appalled” by it. Labour members also spoke strongly against the bill, which proposes a new offence of illegal working and requires landlords...

Ankara – The Turkish government today (15/01) announced the new Regulation on Provision of Work Permits for People under Temporary Protection which will grant work permits to Syrians registered with the Directorate General of Migration Management (DGMM) and others under temporary protection in Turkey. “This is excellent news for both Turkey...

GENEVA, Dec 18 (UNHCR) –Renewed efforts to bring peace to conflicts across the world must become the priority of the international community if current record levels of global displacement are not to continue, António Guterres, the outgoing head of the UN Refugee Agency, said today. “We need a strong push...

Switzerland – IOM released the following statement from Director General William Lacy Swing to mark International Migrants Day, December 18, 2015. “2015 will be remembered as a year of human suffering and migrant tragedies. Over the past 12 months, over 5,000 women, men and children lost their lives in search...

(UNHCR) –For the first time since the suspension of its activities, the UN refugee agency has delivered vital winter aid including plastic sheeting, timber and thousands of blankets for distribution to up to 12,000 highly vulnerable people in an area of eastern Ukraine that is beyond government control. The UNHCR...

Image copyrightAP The UK may not be prepared for the number of Syrian refugees the government plans to accept, MPs say. Ministers plan to take 20,000 refugees by 2020 – a “huge change in the scale” of resettlement, according to Home Affairs Committee chairman Keith Vaz. He said the committee...

Prime Minister David Cameron has told the BBC the government’s policy on immigration “hasn’t worked so far”. The PM said he was “frustrated” at the failure to cut net migration numbers. Asked whether he agreed with Home Secretary Theresa May that social cohesion was impossible if immigration was too high,...

A range of new programmes from the UK will provide emergency aid as well as jobs and education to help address the root causes of the migrant crisis, International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced today. This new support forms part of a wider approach by the UK government to tackle...